Why are Engineers so arrogant?

[island911]

Originally Posted by 70SATMan

I don't even see the code anymore.... I see a blonde, a redhead, a brunette...

funny how the piles and piles of code can culminate to happy endings everywhere.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by 70SATMan

I don't even see the code anymore.... I see a blonde, a redhead, a brunette...

Hey! Wait a minute...isn't that Psycho Betty?

[cockerpunk]

Originally Posted by 70satman

i don't even see the code anymore.... I see a blonde, a redhead, a brunette...

:d:d:d:d:d

[island911]

[aschen]

Originally Posted by BRPORSCHE

Aschen,

I like your style. I am up your ways quite a bit visiting clients. Want to grab a beer and share oilfield stories?

Sounds like a good plan to me. I have noticed alot of houston/woodlands pelicanites lately. Even better I have noticed alot of oil pumpers on the road lately. It would be cool to have some sort of drinking event thinly vieled as a car thing.

I'll PM you my info in a bit.

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by nostatic

There are many ways to deal with aberrant behavior. The replies to this thread pretty much diffused any intent that the OP may or may not have had.

Todd, I agree with you almost 100%. The replies definitely turned this thread towards a positive. I don't think I've ever started a thread that disparaged anyone on any PP forum. I know I've apologized for a few outbursts however.

Gearya,

I have a BS and and MBA, plus several professional licenses and certifications, how about you? I can prove mine to an independent person on the board, who can attest to them, how about you?

[1990C4S]

Hugh, you're just such a miserable prick that you piss off everyone here.

[MotoSook]

I suppose we proved the OP's point...we arrogantly dismissed his claims and went about having out own brand of fun.






My old HP. I resisted for several semesters (of course I was poor and saving money for an HP meant I couldn't drink on weekeknds) thinking I can beat them dudes with their fancy graphincal calculators with a simple TI and my smarts...

What I fool I was...so I realized after I bought the HP. Having the right tool make s abig difference. I use to store phone numbers in this thing...the days before a PDA.

[dyount]

Unfortunately at times I have to alter or reject the information provided by engineers. Nope... not a PE but rather 30 yrs in construction and 10 of that as inspector/plans examiner and what's called a Master Code Professional.
The same that there are egotistical codes guys the same goes with engineers. I've made a call more than a few times posed as "educate me here on what you are doing".... and gotten really great information when handled correctly. A few of those responses were so far over my head structurally I'm sure a "duhhh" came through the phone.
In the end if a project has their stamp on it it's their license not mine on the line.

[1990C4S]

Q: What do engineers use for birth control?

A: Their personalities.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

I was thinking of Dilbert to answer the OP as well. Engineers have to constantly try to design things so "the masses" do not kill themselves with their designs. Amazing how "the masses" can creatively destroy or kill stuff. When that happens, guess who gets the blame? Not the guy who found a new way to goober something.

One of the amazing things - is trying to dummy proof electrical systems. I do not envy their jobs.

Just when you thought you've made something idiot proof, nature goes and makes a better idiot.

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

the whole PE thing is kinda over blown. in lots of areas its super important to be a PE, but in lots of other areas its not. most research and development type engineers are not PEs, but most folks who make products and structures for general use are. just depends on your field.

I agree.

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

Ha! I have dual monitors in my cube!

[BRPORSCHE]

Sook,

The s h I t e we give engineers at the office.... Thinking they are going to tell me where the oil is... The nerve of some people!

[mikesride]

"A good contractor can fix almost anything a good engineer ****ed up" my now deceased ex-father in law used that quote many times.....He was a road builder....an old school road builder......

[Buckterrier]

Seven pages and there isn't an engineer here that can tell me what they do. Didn't read one post, just sayin'.

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by mikesride

"A good contractor can fix almost anything a good engineer ****ed up" my now deceased ex-father in law used that quote many times.....He was a road builder....an old school road builder......

A real thing of beauty is when the engineers and the tradesmen are a team. NOTHING is impossible! A great brain without a great set of hands is a waste of both.

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Seven pages and there isn't an engineer here that can tell me what they do. Didn't read one post, just sayin'.

Design the chemical and mechanical process to treat water, wastewater and storm water. How to bridge a gap using the least steel. Design the road cross section for specified life. Determine the proper mix design so the concrete bridge doesn't fall down. Understand where to notch the beam (clue, it is not in the middle and engineer's know why). Determine the proper number of pool cycle times to assure 99% bacterial treatment (or more commonly known as you don't need to run your damn pool pump for 8 hours). And that is the simple ****.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

Design the chemical and mechanical process to treat water, wastewater and storm water. How to bridge a gap using the least steel. Design the road cross section for specified life. Determine the proper mix design so the concrete bridge doesn't fall down. Understand where to notch the beam (clue, it is not in the middle and engineer's know why). Determine the proper number of pool cycle times to assure 99% bacterial treatment (or more commonly known as you don't need to run your damn pool pump for 8 hours). And that is the simple ****.

Nope... Strike 1

[TimT]

Nope... Strike 1

Really?...OK.. tell me what we do?

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by TimT

Really?...OK.. tell me what do we do?

It's really quite simple...
Strike 2

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Seven pages and there isn't an engineer here that can tell me what they do. Didn't read one post, just sayin'.

Bob Slydell: You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Bob Slydell: Great.
Peter Gibbons: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.